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Mercep, E. ; Burton, N.C. ; Claussen, J.* ; Razansky, D.

Whole-body live mouse imaging by hybrid reflection-mode ultrasound and optoacoustic tomography.

Opt. Lett. 40, 4643-4646 (2015)
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We present a hybrid preclinical imaging scanner that optimally supports image acquisition in both reflection-mode ultrasonography and optoacoustic (OA) tomography modes. The system comprises a quasi-full-ring tomographic geometry capable of the simultaneous dual-mode imaging through entire cross sections of mice with in-plane spatial resolution in the range of 150 and 350 mu m in the respective OA and ultrasound (US) imaging modes with an imaging speed of up to 10 two-dimensional frames per second. Three-dimensional whole-body data is subsequently rendered by rapid scanning of the imaged plane. The system further incorporates rapid laser wavelength tuning for real-time acquisition of multispectral OA data, which enables studies of longitudinal dynamics as well as fast kinetics and biodistribution of contrast agents. In vivo imaging performance is demonstrated by label-free hybrid anatomical scans through living mice, as well as real-time visualization of optical contrast agent perfusion. By setting new standards for wholebody tomographic imaging performance in both the OA and pulse-echo US modes, the developed hybrid imaging approach is expected to benefit numerous applications where the availability of high-quality structural information provided by the tomographic reflection-mode US can ease interpretation of the functional and molecular imaging results attained by the OA modality.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0146-9592
e-ISSN 1539-4794
Journal Optics Letters
Quellenangaben Volume: 40, Issue: 20, Pages: 4643-4646 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Optical Society of America (OSA)
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI)